<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-16</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/ny-bookkeeping-monthly-cycle.webp</image:loc><image:title>What a bookkeeping month looks like</image:title><image:caption>The close lands on the same date every month, so the figures are ready before anyone needs them.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/ny-bookkeeper-accountant-cfo.webp</image:loc><image:title>Bookkeeper, accountant, CFO: who does what</image:title><image:caption>An accountant reading books that do not reconcile is reading the wrong numbers.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/bookkeeper-hauppauge-ny/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-16</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/ny-entity-choice.webp</image:loc><image:title>Choosing an entity in New York</image:title><image:caption>A federal S corporation election does not carry over. New York wants its own, on Form CT-6.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/bookkeeper-huntington-ny/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-16</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/ny-tax-notice-response.webp</image:loc><image:title>A tax notice arrived: what happens next</image:title><image:caption>A missed response deadline turns an inquiry into an assessment.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/bookkeeper-bay-shore-ny/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-16</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/ny-business-returns-by-entity.webp</image:loc><image:title>Which return does your business file</image:title><image:caption>New York's fixed dollar minimum is owed even in a low-profit year.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/bookkeeping-for-restaurants-long-island/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-16</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/ny-13-week-cash-flow.webp</image:loc><image:title>The 13-week cash flow</image:title><image:caption>The week 8 shortfall is visible in week 1, which is the whole reason for building the model.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/bookkeeping-for-contractors-long-island/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-16</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/ny-hiring-paperwork-1099-w2.webp</image:loc><image:title>1099s, W-2s, and the hiring paperwork</image:title><image:caption>The 1099-NEC threshold is $600 for 2025 and $2,000 from 2026, indexed from 2027.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/catch-up-bookkeeping-long-island/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-16</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/ny-catch-up-bookkeeping-steps.webp</image:loc><image:title>How catch-up bookkeeping works</image:title><image:caption>Each period is reconciled and closed before the next one starts, because an error left early propagates through everything after it.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/sales-tax-filing-long-island/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-16</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/ny-sales-tax-audit.webp</image:loc><image:title>The New York sales tax audit</image:title><image:caption>Collected sales tax is held for the state, and responsible person liability puts it on the people who run the business personally.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/bookkeeper-nassau-county-ny/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-16</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/ny-compliance-calendar.webp</image:loc><image:title>The New York compliance calendar</image:title><image:caption>Long Island pays the downstate minimum wage, $17.00 an hour for 2026, against $16.00 for the rest of the state.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/bookkeeper-suffolk-county-ny/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-16</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/ny-unit-economics.webp</image:loc><image:title>Which jobs actually make money</image:title><image:caption>True cost includes the overhead and labor a blended number buries.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/long-island-tax-rates/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-16</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/li-sales-tax-long-island.webp</image:loc><image:title>Long Island sales tax at a glance</image:title><image:caption>Nassau is 8.625 percent and Suffolk is 8.75 percent. Both include the 0.375 percent MCTD surcharge.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/li-personal-tax-levers-long-island.webp</image:loc><image:title>What changes a Long Island tax bill</image:title><image:caption>Property tax relief does more work here than in most of the state.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/li-capital-map-long-island.webp</image:loc><image:title>Where Long Island businesses find capital</image:title><image:caption>Each source expects its own package. The projections are the part we prepare.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/ny-salt-cap-ptet.webp</image:loc><image:title>The SALT cap change and the PTET</image:title><image:caption>New York's PTET is unchanged. The July 2025 law changed the federal deduction the election unlocks.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/ny-marriage-penalty.webp</image:loc><image:title>The marriage penalty, by the numbers</image:title><image:caption>Two singles reach New York's 6.85 percent bracket at $430,800 between them. A couple reaches it at $323,200.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/ny-residency-remote-work.webp</image:loc><image:title>Residency and remote work in New York</image:title><image:caption>The convenience of the employer rule can tax days worked at home for a New York employer, by someone living in another state.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/about/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-16</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/assets/img/ny-tax-credentials-compared.webp</image:loc><image:title>Tax credentials compared</image:title><image:caption>In New York anyone may use the title accountant. CPA is the protected credential, and it is checkable in the state register.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://long-island-bookkeeper.com/privacy/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-14</lastmod></url></urlset>